[November 3, 2019] Early in 2019, I won a lottery place at the NYC Marathon. On Friday November 1st, I flew to NYC, arriving at the expo to pick up my number 30 minutes before it closed on Saturday. I met up with Katie and stayed at her place in Brooklyn (thanks!). After running the next day, we headed to the craft breweries in the warehouse district of Queens, meeting many awesome people at many different places. The next day I met up with my sister for lunch (who was on an east coast visit) and then flew back to work. An extravagant but amazing experience!
The crowds were incredible. When you ran along the side and started high fiving spectators, they would go nuts!